Somalia: US military carries out airstrike killed Al-Shabab fighter

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A U.S. military airstrike in Somalia has killed an al-Shabab fighter and wounded another, the U.S. Africa Command said
Friday, as the fight picks up against Al shabaab, Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist
group, Garowe Online reports.

The U.S. statement said the strike was carried out Thursday
near Barawe town in southern Somalia's Lower Shabelle region.

At least one missile struck a location outside Barawe that
the extremists often use to launch attacks on the government-held town, a
Somali intelligence official said. He declined to give further details.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was
not authorized to speak to the media.

Al-Shabab "has cemented its control of southern and central
Somalia" and used the area to "plot and direct terror attacks, steal
humanitarian aid and to shelter other radical terrorists," the U.S.
statement said.

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